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NBN workers cut internet in Queensland

Queensland home and business owners spending their third day without internet and phone services are increasingly angry with the contractors laying the national broadband network who accidentally cut a major cable.

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Well, that's a new angle to attack the NBN - unsubstantiated reports about problems that haven't been shown to be ascribed to the NBN. I have lots of people say it has been a flawless service, so what does that say about unsubstantiated claims? it means until actual statistics come forward, and evidence is shown that NBN contractors are at fault, it's all political spin by right wing politicians to denigrade the NBN.

Truly a poor attempt at influencing public opinion.

Commenter

Honour

Date and time

April 18, 2013, 9:47AM

@Honour .. Never have truer words been spoken. I'll also take bets that the lines weren't marked which happens so often with Telstra!

..and while all the right wing nut jobs are posting up their tripe could one of them explain how an internet delivering half the speed for two thirds the price is NOT a waste of money?

Media propaganda is Abbott's key election ingredient. He certainly wouldn't be getting in to office without their help. The brainwashed masses dote on every misleading word they print. Uncommonsense is the new order. They have found that 74% of people ( of 17,000 polled on this site) prefer labor's version of the NBN so will now set about destroying that too.

Meanwhile our economy is forecast to grow ahead of it's current 3.1% for the remainder of 2013, our unemployment is low, our debt to GDP is the lowest in the western world and our housing market is improving. But people will still whinge because everything Alan Jones, Gina Rinehart and the media say is taken as gospel.

Snap out of it people because time is running out. In a few months on current trends you will appoint the least articulate, simplistic PM in the history of this country .A man with no policy and no vision for the country.

Commenter

Neal

Location

Cairns

Date and time

April 18, 2013, 10:42AM

Yes I remember the complaints when Brisbane was sewered , the footpaths were dug up including peoples backyards and everyone was screaming. Once it was completed everyone applauded the Council for having the vision to sewer Brisbane. So the NBM is doing the same - yawn , I want it connected ASAP and I hope my Nursing home gets it.

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Bob Menzies

Location

Beenleigh

Date and time

April 18, 2013, 11:14AM

I know plenty of people with NBN cabinets in their homes but using ADSL. Some because ADSL is faster and cheaper, others because after 2mths waiting to activate NBN they gave up.I don't know anyone actually using NBN.Where are your flawless users?

Commenter

Really

Date and time

April 18, 2013, 12:20PM

Political spin by right-wing nutjobs perhaps but Cr Tully is an ALP member.

Commenter

Kris

Date and time

April 18, 2013, 1:10PM

@nealbecause there is no one who can yet quantify why we need faster than the liberals plan for anything other than 4ktv. So can you justify what benefits 100mbps will give us over 25mbps and how it IS value for money?

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nick

Date and time

April 18, 2013, 1:19PM

"I know plenty of people with NBN cabinets in their homes but using ADSL. Some because ADSL is faster and cheaper..."Now here's a none-too-bright spark.

Commenter

Orly?

Location

Melbourne

Date and time

April 18, 2013, 1:27PM

@Nick Clearly you don't work in an IT business because you would know how precious bandwidth is and how much productivity is lost by not having it.

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Sam

Location

Newcastle

Date and time

April 18, 2013, 2:21PM

NBN has shown now they do not know what they are doing.

Commenter

Acushla

Date and time

April 18, 2013, 3:43PM

This is all such a moot point. Abbott is going to cream it in the next election and you're all going to be stuck with his broadband.

Despite the prevalence of all those in the industry that dominate the articles on here, there is not an equal representation in the general populace that cares enough. I know of all my mates, only about 10 people actually care, and of those 8 work in IT and the other two are gamers. Everyone else (including many mates that download a lot of content), couldn't care less. And we're all around 30. As you move into older age groups, I'm sure that drops further and further.

There is no way my folks or my nan will sign up to a new plan, that is for sure. Which is being evidenced in the rollouts so far, with lower than anticipated sign up rates.

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